Bio

David Swan is a seasoned journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald, specializing in technology and cybersecurity reporting. He has covered a wide range of impactful stories, from internet infrastructure disruptions to cybercriminal activities targeting Australians, and is known for his in-depth analysis of emerging technology trends.

Articles (50)

• Sneak Peek: Government Gave AI Giant Early Look at Data Centre Rules

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 7 Oct 2026

• Tech Giant Warns AI Poses ‘Industrial-Scale Threat’ to Australian Jobs

  The Australian • 5 Oct 2026

• ‘Work to Do’: OpenAI to Say Sorry for Australian Hacks as It Faces Grilling

  The Age • 5 Oct 2026

• ‘Work to do’: OpenAI to say sorry for Australian hacks as it faces grilling

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 5 Oct 2026

• ‘Work to do’: OpenAI to Say Sorry for Australian Hacks as It Faces Grilling

  WAtoday • 5 Oct 2026

• I Owe an AI Panic Sceptic a Beer. But She Was Only Half Right

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 1 Oct 2026

• Anthropic Boss to Skip Senate Grilling Into Rogue AI Agents

  The Age • 28 Sept 2026

• Anthropic boss to skip Senate grilling into rogue AI agents

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 28 Sept 2026

• Albanese Wrestles With Dilemma of AI ‘Frankenstein’

  The Australian • 27 Sept 2026

• OpenAI agent breached Medicare, Albanese reveals

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 23 Sept 2026

• Your GP is Probably Already Using AI. Now it Could Talk to You About Your Medicines

  The Age • 22 Sept 2026

• Your GP is Probably Already Using AI. Now it Could Talk to You About Your Medicines

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 22 Sept 2026

• ‘Fifty times easier’: Why our best AI founders are moving to America

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 18 Sept 2026

• Aussie’s $2.1b Meta salary wasn’t enough. So he left for a rival

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 17 Sept 2026

• ‘Unquestionably Dangerous’: Charlton’s Grim Briefing on OpenAI’s Rogue AI

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 13 Sept 2026

• Queensland Health Service Adopts Heidi Health AI Scribe for 10,000 Doctors in Major Deal

  The Australian • 31 Aug 2026

• Sydney AI Firm Apate.ai Secures $11.38m for Major US and UK Expansion

  The Australian • 31 Aug 2026

• Inside Canva’s Hardest Year: AI Bills, a Markdown and No Float

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 28 Aug 2026

• ‘Can Never Say We’re Done’: WiseTech Signals More AI Job Losses Are Coming

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 26 Aug 2026

• This ‘AI Refuser’ Quit Her Dream Job, and Hopes Others Follow

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 21 Aug 2026

• AI Bots Will Turn Online Shopping on Its Head, Says Payments Giant

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 19 Aug 2026

• AI Bots Will Turn Online Shopping on Its Head, Says Payments Giant

  The Age • 19 Aug 2026

• ‘Cannot mark their own homework’: Roblox forced to fix child safety gaps

  The Age • 19 Aug 2026

• ‘The AI is fake, but the love is real’: Chatbot romance is booming

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 17 Aug 2026

• ‘The AI is fake, but the love is real’: Chatbot romance is booming

  The Age • 17 Aug 2026

• Sobering Markdown: Canva Slashes Valuation by $10b as AI Reality Bites

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 14 Aug 2026

• ‘Accountability Rests with Me’: Telstra Boss Rakes in $6.8m but Triple Zero Outage Costs Her

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 12 Aug 2026

• This Australian Could Hand Musk a Trillion-Dollar Payday

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 12 Aug 2026

• ‘Rogue’ AI Agents Stalking Aussie Firms

  The Australian • 10 Aug 2026

• The Pilbara’s Next Boom: A Green AI Data Hub

  The Australian • 9 Aug 2026

• ‘Specs offenders’: $89 Kmart glasses spark privacy nightmare

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 7 Aug 2026

• Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Fortune Jumps $2.6 Billion in Just Hours

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 7 Aug 2026

• AI Accuracy Poses a Great Risk to Aussie Companies, but There Is a Solution

  NT News • 1 Aug 2026

• AI broke out of its cage and hacked a company. The grid could be next

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 23 July 2026

• Australia’s Millionaire Factory Is Closed for Business

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 14 July 2026

• AI Models Cheating and Blackmailing in Tests, Minister Says

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 7 July 2026

• ‘Act Now’: Cyber Spy Chiefs Issue Warning on AI Threat

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 22 June 2026

• The AI Startup with No AI: Aussie Boss Jailed for Misleading Investors

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 19 June 2026

• Charity Shaping AI Copyright Rules Funded by Anthropic-Linked Donors

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 18 June 2026

• Anthropic Urges Global Freeze on AI as It Warns of Losing Control

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 5 June 2026

• Anthropic Urges Global Freeze on AI as It Warns of Losing Control

  The Age • 5 June 2026

• Australia gets access to AI model ‘too dangerous to release’

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 3 June 2026

• AI Start-up Boss Who Faked Millions in Revenue Faces Jail Time

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 15 May 2026

• Aussie Tech Giant Pauses Work, Devotes Entire Week to AI

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 7 May 2026

• Aussie Tech Giant Pauses Work, Devotes Entire Week to AI

  The Age • 7 May 2026

• The World’s Richest Man, the AI King, and a Courtroom Showdown

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 1 May 2026

• AI Giant Anthropic Hires Australian Boss as It Opens Local Office

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 28 Apr 2026

• Microsoft Unveils $25b AI Splurge in Australia, but Key Details Missing

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 23 Apr 2026

• Australian Staff on Edge as Meta Slashes 8000 Jobs

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 23 Apr 2026

• A 40-year-old Storage Company Just Beat Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Atlassian

  The Sydney Morning Herald • 20 Apr 2026